Kathmandu, April 18: The top-level officials of the Ministry of Energy and Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) have said that the long hours of load shedding in the country ended due to efficient management of the available authority.
At an interaction programme on ‘Positive Impacts of Regular Power Supply on Economy’ organized by the Ministry, Minister for Energy Janardan Sharma said that the government was working with a clear plan to supply power to the public and the achievement was obtained due to balanced supply of the electricity.
“Economic growth rate of 6.5 per cent after 25 years is not a minor issue. This has generated confidence of performance if we so wished,” Minister Sharma said.
On the occasion, Minister Sharma said that the government was working to provide shares worth Rs 100,000 to every citizen within coming five years. We will urge the financially-strong people to invest and the provision of giving share can be done through their labour works to those incapable to make monetary contribution and action plans for this are going on, he added.
“Action plans are being prepared to give share of Rs 100,000 to the folks of Karnali in the first phase and the rest would be given gradually,” Minister Sharma said.
He further said that 20,000 MW power would be generated in the country within seven years by managing means and resources within the country as per the scheme of ‘Nepal’s Water, People’s Investment’. The target would be met through the efforts from governmental and the private sectors.
Also speaking at the programme, Executive Director of NEA Kulman Ghising said that country imported only 45 MW more power this year as compared to the previous year. The NEA reduced four percent of the power leakage so far in the current fiscal year and added that complete operation of the under-construction projects too helped reduce the load shedding.
Ministry’s Joint Secretary Dinesh Kumar Ghimire and Executive Director Ghising presented working papers on the occasion while Ministry’s Secretary Anup Kumar Upadhyay, Dr Bhola Rijal and others expressed their opinions saying that the power cuts end has disseminated a ray of hope in the country. RSS
२६ कार्तिक २०८३, बिहिबार
प्रतिक्रिया